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by MitziMoto 4698 days ago
I will probably get eviscerated for this, but I've always been confused why Reddit was so ugly. I am absolutely NOT a designer in any sense of the word, but here's some things I would change.

1. Change the #0000FF links. Something, anything, slightly desaturated from pure blue would look better IMO. <Insert contrast comments here>

2. Whitespace. I can feel the function over form guys typing away furiously from here! BUT YOU CAN FIT MORE CATZ WITH LESS WHITESPACE! I like a little bit of extra whitespace, so sue me. I think an extra 20 pixels between submissions would go a long way. Maybe even a light HR too?

3. The "tabs" at the top are just flat ugly and dated. In fact, everything within the blue header just looks dated.

http://www.reddit.com/r/googleplus for example does a nice job of making Reddit look better without drastic changes. Although I think their titles could be slightly larger and I hate text-decoration: underline;